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gested amendment that you have really
done two things. You have pulled out the
public employee for separate treatment in
the second sentence, but you have also
changed the language of the first part
which is now section 1.17, so that what you
have done, in effect, is said that there will
be a right to organize and bargain collec-
tively only to the extent prescribed and as
regulated by law. As a matter of fact, then,
there would no longer be the basic guaran-
tee. In effect, there would be only what the
legislature might grant hereinafter. Is that
not true?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Kiefer?
DELEGATE KIEFER: Delegate Sickles,
when I drew this the Scanlan amendment
had not been offered, but I do not see that
there is any great difference between the
first sentence of the Scanlan amendment
and my language.
I would not quarrel with that. I would
be willing to accept the Scanlan language
in the first sentence if that would satisfy
yon.
THE PRESIDENT: Are there any fur-
ther questions ?
DELEGATE SICKLES: I have no prob-
lems if the language could be identical as
far as that first sentence is concerned.
DELEGATE KIEFER: I would agree to
that.
THE PRESIDENT: Do you desire to
modify your amendment?
DELEGATE KIEFER: It would read as
the Scanlan amendment has it for the first
sentence.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Kiefer, if
the Chair understands your request, it is
that you would desire to strike out all of
line 8 and the word "law" in line 9 and in
substitution insert the phrase "subject to
any regulation of the exercise of those
rights that the General Assembly may pre-
scribe by law." Is that correct, sir?
DELEGATE KIEFER: Mr. President, I
prefer the language I have, but if I could
get substantial agreement with everybody,
I would accept that.
THE PRESIDENT: Is this your desire?
DELEGATE KIEFER: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Kiefer in-
dicates that he desires to modify the
amendment by striking out line 8 and the
word "law" in line 9 and in lieu thereof
inserting the words "subject to any regu-
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lation of the exercise of those rights that
the General Assembly may prescribe by
law".
Is there any objection to the modifica-
tion?
If not, the modification will be made. The
amendment is modified by striking all of
line 8, the word "law" in line 9 and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the words "subject to
any regulation of the exercise of those
rights that the General Assembly may pre-
scribe by law".
The Chair recognizes Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. President,
since we are talking about the Scanlan
language in the Kiefer amendment, I won-
der if it would be in order for me to ask
Mr. Scanlan if he would yield to a ques-
tion?
THE PRESIDENT: It would be if no
other delegate desires the floor to debate.
Does any delegate desire to discuss the
question either for or against the proposed
amendment?
(There was no response.)
The Chair hears none.
Delegate Scanlan, would you take the
floor to yield to a question from Senator
Malkus ?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: I shall.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Mr. Scanlan,
reading section 1.17 with your amendment,
and see if I read it correctly, "employees
shall have the right to organize and bar-
gain collectively through representatives of
their own choosing subject to any" — then,
you add "regulation of the exercise of these
rights that the General Assembly may pre-
scribe by law.
Did I read the section as amended cor-
rectly ?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: You did, Dele-
gate Malkus.
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Malkus.
DELEGATE MALKUS: Now, my next
question is this: In the event that the Gen-
eral Assembly did nothing, would not the
law as written in the original draft prior
to your amendment be in existence ?
THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Scanlan?
DELEGATE SCANLAN: Yes, if the
General Assembly did nothing there would
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